UPSC Civil Services General Studies paper 1983

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Question paper and answer key of IAS General Studies Question paper and answer key of the examination held in the year 1983

Some sample questions from the paper

1. In typhoid which of the following drugs is administered ?
(a) Chloromycetin
(b) Penicillin
©Â Sulphonamide
(d) Tetracycline

2. Amoebiasis, malaria and typhoid are diseases due to amoeba, malarial parasites and typhoid bacillus which are collectively called
(a) Anthropods
(b) Protozoa
©Â Mollusca
(d) Pisces

3. Hypochondria is a
(a) Disease of eyes
(b) Disease of sexual organs
©Â Disease of low blood pressure
(d) State of morbid anxiety about one’s own health, with complaint of imaginary disorders

4. Radio carbon dating process is used to know the age of
(a) Fossils
(b) Plants
©Â Rocks
(d) All of these

5. Aspirin is a
(a) Pain reliever
(b) Sedative
©Â Cortisone
(d) Soporific

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